ROBERT PERENO,
BARBIE WILDE,
TIK,
TOK,
L.A.RICHARDS,
CAROLE CAPLIN.
Influences
UK CLUBLAND 1980/1: The Blitz, Club For Heroes,Le Kilt, The Venue, The Embassy Club,The Beat Route, Hell,Peoples' Palace,Leeds Warehouse, Pips (Manchester), The Rum Runner (Birmingham),Billy's etc.
All the new Electro Disco music pouring into and out of these clubs by DJs like Rusty Egan: Bowie, Kraftwerk, Klaus Nomi, Ultravox, DAF, Cabaret Voltaire, Human League, Talking Heads,Suicide, Fad Gadget,Gary Numan,Donna Summer,YMO, Sakamoto,Soft Cell, Visage etc.
Fashion, style, elegance and decadence.
SHOCK were a phenomenon when they burst onto the London club scene in 1980. This was a band with no instruments, who combined mime, dance, burlesque, music and theatre in a way that had never been seen before.Shamelessly stealing from anyone that they'd ever liked, Shock's live performances captivated audiences all over the UK, New York, Europe and the Far East. They released 2 dancefloor hits on RCA, "Angel Face" in 1980 - (produced by Rusty Egan (Visage) and Richard Burgess (Landscape) and "Dynamo Beat" in 1981. Shock were at the epicentre of the whole New Romantic/ Blitz Kids scene in England and worked with Ultravox, Numan, Depeche Mode and many others. Shock gave birth to TIK & TOK (robotic mime and music legends), Barbie Wilde (author, actress,presenter and 'Female Cenobyte' from "Hellraiser II"), Robert Pereno (clubland legend) and L.A.Richards as Pleasure and The Beast and Carole Caplin.
AND NOW, AVAILABLE FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER, IS AN EXCLUSIVE SHOCK DVD.Which contains the 7" and 12" mixes of the A&B sides of their 2 singles,the whole live set performed by Shock when they supported Gary Numan at Wembley Arena in 1981, the video promos for the two RCA singles, a short live set filmed at the Venue in London in 1980 (featuring 'Plastic Joe' and Carole Caplin in a legendary performance of "Ricky's Hand"), and some rare footage from TV shows.
You need this DVD in your life? Of course you do! Rush now to HTTP://WWW.TIMDRY.CO.UK/SHOCK.HTM and you'll discover how to make this rare artifact your very own. Enjoy!
Thx for adding me guys.Dynamo beat and Screen me are two of my favourite all time tracks.Even now they sound amazing.I still got no robotic movement in me at all,i just look like i'm having a fit or something.I remember pissing Gary Numan off becuase me and a few m8's stood waiting outside the old Birmingham Odeon to catch you as you were touring with him, we didn't recognise him entering the building ( sorry gary )lol. He was fantastic though however, so i'm sure he'd forgive me.Great news about the dvd too, looking forward to seeing it. Once again, thanks guys. Wayne aka Tainted42
Hey there I just love your page and this brings back memories of the 80's in club land for me its so cool thanks for adding me. Are you doing any new albums ??? by the way i am Colonel Archerite From the Enterprise NX call me anne ;) LOL
Hi everyone This is the most exciting release of the year, well worth the wait, a must for anyone who was at the Numan farewell gigs back in 1981, also will stand nicely next to Micromusic once Gary decides to release it later this year (hopefully)Also the Shock show was a show that was well worth watching Shock fan or not!!!!!
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